Google web spam report: Less than 1% of sites visited from search results are spammy
Google doubled down on removing unnatural links, reduced link spam by almost half.
Topic: Google
SearchCap: Adwords retired, SMX Advanced recap, Smart Campaigns launched & more
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Google Home and Chromecast device currently offline Jun 27, 2018 by Barry Schwartz Google can only respond “sorry, something went wrong, try again in a few seconds” at this moment to […]
Google Home and Chromecast device currently offline
Google can only respond "sorry, something went wrong, try again in a few seconds" at this moment to your Google Home requests.
Google introduces Smart Campaigns for small businesses — the first new solution to launch under the Google Ads brand
Campaign ad creation, audience targeting, ad delivery across Google channels -- and soon landing page creation -- are automated based on the advertiser's goal.
Google Insights report in Google My Business gets subjective attributes
Learn what your customers think of your business with the new "what your business is known for" report in Google My Business insights.
Google is retiring the AdWords & DoubleClick brands in a major rebranding aimed at simplification
Welcome to Google Ads, Google Marketing Platform, and Google Ad Manager.
Report: Just 3% of CMOs are currently optimizing for voice search
As consumers gravitate to voice search, CMOs are just starting to focus on SEO strategies that support those queries.
SearchCap: Google’s indexing API, SMX East agenda, link building & more
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Getting it done: how to overcome common link building blockers Jun 26, 2018 by Paddy Moogan Link building is tough to begin with and made harder when company policies slow down […]
Google Maps begins rolling out new explore features announced last month
The new Google Maps features are rolling out worldwide now, so go get them.
Google launches Islamic prayer times for some queries
After killing off prayer time results in Google several years ago, Google brings the feature back for some regions.
Google Home now communicates in Spanish
Say 'Ok Google, ¿cómo será mi día?' and now Google Home can answer.
Google launches Indexing API for job posting URLs
Check out the new Google Indexing API. Will the uses for this API eventually be expanded or will it always be reserved for job search only?
Google Search Console releases URL inspection tool
Check out the new tool that shows you details about how Google crawled, indexed and processed a specific URL on your website.
5 Tips to Choosing Your Winning Business Domain Name
Back Rub, Tokyo Tsushin Kogyo, DrivUrSelf, Research in Motion, Sound of Music. Wonder if these big brands had been as successful if they hadn’t chosen to go by Google, Sony, Hertz Rent-A-Car, Blackberry or Best Buy? Unquestionably, the name of your company is the face of your brand. It’s the first thing your audience sees […]
SearchCap: Google search verification, Google legal woes & voice assistants
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Google invites more entities to take control of their Knowledge Panels and ‘get verified’Jun 22, 2018 by Greg Sterling Suggest a featured image and control other factual information in the panel. […]
Google invites more entities to take control of their Knowledge Panels and ‘get verified’
Suggest a featured image and control other factual information in the panel.
Antitrust, data and consumer privacy will take center stage at new FTC hearings
Will they lead to a new Google investigation, more Facebook scrutiny?
Search in Pics: Google family house, meeting capsules & old IBM storage
In this week’s Search In Pictures, here are the latest images culled from the web, showing what people eat at the search engine companies, how they play, who they meet, where they speak, what toys they have and more. Google #thisisfamily booth: Source: Instagram Google sweets: Source: Instagram Google meeting capsule: Source: Instagram Big Google […]
Google doodle honors science fiction writer Octavia E. Butler
Google's logo represents a woman who used her social anxiety to write beautiful science fiction.
SearchCap: Google AdWords UI, Bing camera search & Google Assistant continued conversations
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Google rolls out updates to give users easier access to privacy controlsJun 21, 2018 by Robin Kurzer Will easier access to privacy controls cause headaches for marketers who rely on activity-related […]
Google rolls out updates to give users easier access to privacy controls
Will easier access to privacy controls cause headaches for marketers who rely on activity-related data?
Bing visual search adds support for your camera and photos
Bing unlocks new intelligent visual search features within the Bing app for iOS and Android.
Google turns on ‘Continued Conversation’ in the Google Assistant
Users will be able to ask repeated follow-up questions without the need to say "OK Google."
Where are they now? Vint Cerf
Part 2 of a series of articles commemorating the history of internet search. Today, Vint Cerf, Vice President and Chief Internet Evangelist for Google.
Summer solstice 2018 Google doodle showcases relaxing pond
Happy first day of summer or winter to our Search Engine Land readers around the globe!
Google begins sending goodbye old AdWords UI notices
It's time to get serious about embracing the new AdWords.
SearchCap: Microsoft launches news app, #SMX Advanced session recap & more
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Polished Microsoft News app joins rivals Google and Apple News Jun 20, 2018 by Greg Sterling The new app and news experience is great for consumers, but is it equally beneficial […]
Polished Microsoft News app joins rivals Google and Apple News
The new app and news experience is great for consumers, but is it equally beneficial for publishers?
SearchCap: Google replacing video boxes, hoarding content & more
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Google changed the way it works, and no one really noticed Jun 19, 2018 by Patrick Stox If you missed the changes Google made late last year on labeling country services, […]
Google replacing video boxes with video carousel on desktop search
Notice a change to your video views on some of your more popular videos? Google made a change in search on how they display video boxes.
5 things to check if your traffic suddenly drops
No one’s immune to traffic drops, and the causes may be easy to overlook. Still, to avoid barking up the wrong tree, gather the evidence first: look closely at the overall stats for a long enough period in your Google Analytics to see if the traffic spike really looks out of place or if it […]
SearchCap: Google Search Console welcomes API, SMX Advanced recap & more
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Google local pack business categories dynamically change based on queryJun 18, 2018 by Barry Schwartz Google now uses searchers’ keywords to customize the local pack business categories. How social networks usurp […]
Google local pack business categories dynamically change based on query
Google now uses searchers' keywords to customize the local pack business categories.
EU: Google shopping search reforms working
EU Commissioner Vestager gave qualified approval to the changes put in place.
Google Search Console Analytics API now has 16 months of data
About 6 months after the historical data rolled out in the Google Search Console user interface, it now has come to the API.
Father’s Day Google logo with colored handprints and dinosaurs
Happy Father's Day to all our dad readers!
SearchCap: LiveRamp targets Bing Ads, Amazon Marketing Services & more
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: The basics of working with Amazon Marketing Services Jun 15, 2018 by Daniel Gilbert Contributor Daniel Gilbert shares his insights on Amazon Marketing Services and how they stack up (or don’t) […]
LiveRamp brings its search targeting to Bing Ads
A year after offering its people-based search targeting through Google, the data provider is now providing a similar service for the Bing search engine.
Search in Pics: Matt Cutts at SMX, Google summer party & Google intern hat
In this week’s Search In Pictures, here are the latest images culled from the web, showing what people eat at the search engine companies, how they play, who they meet, where they speak, what toys they have and more. Matt Cutts stops by SMX to say hi: Source: SER A human flag at Google: Source: […]
SearchCap: Google updates ad settings, negative SEO & more
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Google updates ‘Ad Settings’ to allow users to turn off targeting signals Jun 14, 2018 by Amy Gesenhues Google is also extending ‘Why this ad?’ notices to all services that display […]